In the Red: Debt and Mental Health

“In the Red: Debt and mental health” is a publication that highlights that debt is not just a financial problem, but can have a serious impact on a person’s mental health. It can be the catalyst for relationships to break up, people to lose their homes and for families to break down. No matter who you are, it can send you to the pits of despair.

One in four people can expect to have mental health problems during the course of their life.  A quarter of those can expect to have debt problems as well. One can feed the other.  And of course, debt problems, particularly those caused by the current “credit crunch”, are set to get worse.

The publication highlights the situation in some detail and can be viewed on the National MIND website http://www.mind.org.uk.